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In 2014, Donna Salemink was solo parenting her two teenagers and often struggled to make ends meet. She came to StoryCorps with her daughter Melissa to remember the moment that changed their lives.

Justice for App Workers claims hundreds of other delivery drivers working for Walmart in Florida are victims of a "predatory scam ring" that has hacked into the retailer's app to steer deliveries to a group of "rogue" drivers.

Lions, leopards and tigers once roamed Punjab, a province in Northern India, and at least one tour operator tries to convince visitors that they still do. Correspondent Philip Reeves goes on a nighttime safari in search of game.

This weekend, Pakistan raised its estimated death toll from last week's earthquake to nearly 40,000, with more than 60,000 injured. A severe shortage of tents is hampering rescue and relief operations in the mountains there, where's it's been raining. There is a serious risk more people will now die for lack of shelter.

The British intervened three times in Afghanistan in the 80 years up to 1919. It was the western frontier of their empire, the gateway to their most precious possession, India. They wanted to keep the Russians out. The new exhibition at the National Army Museum in London has relevance today.

The London School of Economics in Britain is considered one of the world's finest universities. Right now, though, it's reputation's taking a battering. The school's at the center of a storm over its decision to accept large sums of money from Libya — and, in particular, from an organization run by one of Moammar Gadhafi's sons.

The head of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the deadly attack yesterday on a police academy in the city of Lahore. Baitullah Mehsud said the attack was a retaliation for U.S. missile strikes against militants along the Afghan border.

The attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, Pakistan, is an embarrassment for the Pakistani government. Islamabad has had trouble convincing other cricketing nations to compete in Pakistan due to the deteriorating security situation.

Financial officials will be taking a close look at Ireland's broken banking system. A big part of their mission is to restore confidence in the bond market and stop Ireland's malaise from spreading to other eurozone nations.

As a new administration slowly begins to take shape, questions abound on how it will handle foreign policy issues such as its nuclear arsenal, relations with Afghanistan and the war on terror, as well as Kashmir.

Doctors tell NPR many health workers have left the country and many hospitals don't have necessities, including soap and running water.

In Sunday's presidential election, far-right libertarian candidate Javier Milei will face off next month in a runoff against Economy Minister Sergio Massa.

At least three people were killed and nearly two dozen others injured near the Bolivian capital of La Paz when security forces and protesters clashed at a major gas plant.

Videos posted to social media showed crowds shouting anti-Semitic phrases as they swarmed the tarmac, going plane-to-plane in a search for passengers arriving from Tel Aviv.

The archbishop of Canterbury says he is embarrassed by revelations that the Church of England indirectly invested in a payday loan firm that he had pledged to put out of business.

In Britain Wednesday, media mogul Rupert Murdoch appears before a panel to testify about contacts with leading British politicians at a time when his News Corp. was trying to takeover broadcasting group BSkyB. On Tuesday, Murdoch's son appeared before the same panel.

Brazil's new far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, took office Tuesday, calling for unity — in contrast with his past homophobic, misogynistic and racist statements.

Venezuela is suffering one of the country's largest electricity outages in years. The nationwide blackout comes after sanctions stripped President Nicolas Maduro's embattled administration of cash.

Climate change is having a big impact on Chile's wine industry. Growers are being forced to change the way they position their grapes, face historic wildfires and battle a plague of hungry rabbits.

The 50-year-old heavy rock group performs the final concert of its "End of the Road" tour Saturday in New York. But it's said farewell before.

Officials now call Tropical Storm Harvey, which was a hurricane, an "unprecedented" weather event that has left thousands of homes flooded, stranding some people and overwhelming rescue workers.

In her most extensive comments yet on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, Vice President Kamala Harris says Israel must do more to protect civilians in Gaza.

Israel wants the United Nations and international community to do more about its evidence of sexual violence by militants in the Hamas attack on Oct. 7.

Dozens of makeshift centers were built but stand empty. Officials want to revive a stagnating economy and attract young workers to cities by turning the structures into affordable housing.

Chinese cities are turning quarantine centers built during the pandemic into affordable housing units for young workers — an attempt to help those who struggle in the current economic slowdown.